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Living In Thailand Blog
Sunday 28th February 2016
How long is a piece of string?
Both questions are impossible to answer but, nonetheless, the question about how much it costs to live in Thailand comes up often and it is a question I have been asked several times over the years.
I have just written another article on the subject trying to explain why it is an impossible question to answer. Can you close your eyes all day? Yes, you probably can, but it would be highly undesirable and you probably wouldn't want to even if you could.
Can you live in Thailand on a given amount of money for a month? The answer may be a theoretical yes, but, depending on the amount, it may be highly undesirable. In additional to lifestyle choices, the other important factor I have tried to cover is financial responsibilities.
You can rent a room with furniture in Thailand for about 45 USD per month
Most tourists in Thailand probably have no financial responsibilities in Thailand and if they calculate how much it will cost to live in Thailand from that perspective it will probably seem quite cheap. The point I try to make is that once you actually live in Thailand it is very easy to keep acquiring more and more financial responsibilities.
Anyway, this is a first draft and I will probably make some additions and amendments later. With two young children at home I suffer from constant interruptions all day and this disturbs my train of thought when I am trying to write something. This article should have taken a few hours. Instead, it has taken me several days between interruptions.
How Much Does It Cost To Live In Thailand?
Friday 26th February 2016
After yesterday's post, just a quick post to say that Cathay Guest House is open as usual. The shop where the fire started and a beauty salon next door were totally destroyed by the fire. It looks like Cathay Guest House (in the same building, but just around the corner) only suffered from some smoke, but there was no fire damage. Walking past there today, it was difficult to imagine how it looked yesterday.
Fire damaged beauty salon, Hat Yai, Thailand
Thursday 25th February 2016
Some breaking news ...
After you have lived in Thailand for a few years you realise that the same news stories keep occurring time and time again, day-after-day, year-after-year. It feels like living in the movie Groundhog Day. The same things happen all the time. Serious road accidents, corruption, drugs, murders, rogue monks, illegal street racing, running street battles between rival technical college students, etc etc. Another example is big fires - and I mean BIG fires, which break out with alarming regularity. There have been a number of big fires where I live and there was another big one today.
After I dropped my daughter off at school this morning I drove to the train station to get breakfast at a place that serves quite a good Western breakfast. As I left to drive home, this was the scene that greeted me.
Fire at Cathay Guest House, Hat Yai, Thailand
There was an intense fire raging in a small shop that offers travel services and Internet. Before long, several fire appliances, ambulances and police were at the scene.
Fire at Cathay Guest House, Hat Yai, Thailand
There are reasons why fires tend to be so big in Thailand. Firstly, a lot of the older buildings are made of wood and after a few months of the dry season they become tinder boxes. Thais use gas from cylinders to cook and the standard of electrical wiring is often poor. When fires start they have a lot of fuel.
Another problem, like the one this morning, is that buildings tend to be very large and do not have fire walls. This building occupies a complete block and although there are many separate shops located within, it is just one building. Fires spread very quickly and very easily.
Urban areas of Thailand have many such, large buildings. There are normally shops and markets at street level and dwellings above. I can think of many guest houses and hotels located above shops and markets in large buildings.
Above this one is the most famous backpacker guest house in Hat Yai - Cathay Guest House. I don't like this type of place, but I have never been part of the backpacker sub-culture. Backpackers love it and as soon as they arrive in Hat Yai this is where many head to.
Firefighters with breathing apparatus checking for people inside, Hat Yai, Thailand
The fire started elsewhere in this large building, but the smoke soon reached Cathay and all the guests were evacuated. I spoke to one Thai man involved with the emergency services and he told me that everyone was safe. However, this has yet to be confirmed.
Outside Cathay were a number of foreigners who had been evacuated. I asked one backpacker if a fire alarm had been sounded, but he told me no. I find it quite concerning that large guest houses don't even have a proper fire alarm. Staff just knocked on doors to tell people to get out. If staying in cheap guest house accommodation you may want to check whether there are proper fire escapes or not.
Cathay Guest House, Hat Yai, Thailand
I'm sure that current building regulations will cover this point, but older buildings may not have fire escapes. Also, it isn't impossible in Thailand that a building has been built illegally and thus won't adhere to any building regulations. Most Thais aren't very keen on rules, laws or regulations and in many cases just tend to ignore them or find ways to get around them.
The big fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed lots of people some years ago was operating illegally and didn't have the necessary license. If it had been licensed properly it would have been subject to safety inspections. However, it wasn't inspected and when a big fire broke out the people inside couldn't get out.
A lot of water was hosed into Cathay Guest House and I assume it will be closed for a while. I don't know the extent of damage inside or when it will reopen. If you are planning a trip to Hat Yai any time soon there are lots of other cheap accommodation options and the town is very quiet at the moment so finding a place to stay won't be any problem at all.
Wednesday 24th February 2016
Missing backpacker Grace Taylor found in Thailand
I was pleased to read this news. Since my own children arrived I have a lot more empathy for other parents when I hear stories like this.
The 'Gap Year' after university has long been a rite of passage of many young Brits, but it must cause a lot of anxiety with parents. Legally, people aged 21 are adults, but many are still very childlike.
Parents know their own children better than anyone else and need to decide on a case-by-case basis whether a trip to Southeast Asia is an advisable thing to do or not. In this age of gender equality I will be in trouble from the PC police if I suggest that it is different for males and females but I'm afraid there is a big difference. Foreign females need to take particular care in Thailand.
There are a lot of genuinely kind people in Thailand. Due to my personal circumstances and where I live (far away from any tourist activity) I meet them all the time. On the other hand, the well beaten tourist trail is very different.
The well known tourist resorts act like magnets for Thais with bad intentions. Thais think that all foreigners have endless reserves of money and because so many are like fish out of water in Thailand they make easy pickings. Thais and long term expats wouldn't fall for their scams, but tourists get taken in. Not only that, but there are also a lot of bad foreigners in Thailand who prey on tourists.
When I travel to tourist resorts I wear a hat to protect myself from the sun and I carry a camera because I like to take photos. Basically, I look no different to most tourists. As a result, I find myself being approached by people trying to take advantage of me.
The mere fact that I am approached on the street by people who I don't know immediate rings a warning bell. What then follows normally rings more warning bells. I am very familiar with normal Thai behaviour and anything that deviates from this causes me to be wary.
Sometimes it is innocent. Thais have approached me before with genuine offers of accommodation and the man I met in Mae Sot who offered to guide me around the refugee camps was genuine. However, I am familiar enough with the culture, people and language to know when someone is being genuine and someone is trying to scam me.
On a few visits to tourist resorts it feels like being in a pool of sharks. There are hungry sharks circling everywhere just waiting for a fish to show a sign of weakness. As soon as any sign of weakness is detected they will strike.
The girl who has just been found was described as being in a poor mental state when she went missing. This is not good in Thailand. With so many people looking for signs of weakness you need to be mentally alert and on your guard constantly.
It pays to be a little worldly-wise and it also pays to be cynical. Cynicism may not be a particularly attractive personal attribute, but in Thailand you need to be very careful who you trust. I never met Grace Taylor, but from what I have read she didn't sound ideally suited for a solo-trip to Thailand.
I do see female backpackers on their own in Thailand and most of them look as if they can take care of themselves. I also see groups of young girls travelling together. I wouldn't want to deter anyone travelling to Thailand because the experience is amamzing, but people - especially females - need to be aware of the potential hazards and if a girl doesn't feel confident enough to take care of herself she should consider travelling with friends.
I wrote previously that customer service tends not to be very good in Thailand. I also wrote that Thailand is a land of contrasts and contradictions and for any generalisation that is made there will be something to contradict it.
The tyre shop I have been using for a number of years is excellent. Their aftersales services includes fixing any puncture (no matter how it was caused) and rotating the tyres every 10,000kms.
Flat tyre
My tyres kept making squealing noises a few years ago and they did a lot of work trying to fix it. The problem was actually a wheel bearing that was on the way out, however, I didn't realise this until the bearing died completely after driving through a flood. Despite it not being their fault, they didn't charge for any of the work.
Last week when I experienced a blowout they came out to rescue me so that I could drive to the shop and they then fitted new tyres. The service has been great and this also applies to my wife's car. When she needed new tyres last year I went to the same shop.
Fitting the spare tyre
It's so easy just to gloss over the positives in Thailand and focus on the negatives, but there are lots of positives. The Ford dealer was helpful with a repair plan for my car, they gave me a loan car, and also a discount on the repairs.
One of the concrete fibre boards surrounding my fish pond cracked last week. I spoke to the construction people here and they found me a replacement. They also found me a painter who did a good job repainting the boards for a reasonable price.
During my career in the UK one manager told me that what I should constantly aim for is doing more of the stuff I wanted to do and less of the stuff I didn't want to do. I find it the same living in Thailand.
There is good and bad in Thailand. After a while you realise who are the good people and who are the bad ones. What you can then do is make a conscious decision to associate with good people and avoid associating with bad people. One very easy example is deciding where to live. Bad Thais are attracted to certain places in Thailand and simply by avoiding these places you avoid a lot of problems.
As is the case anywhere, life - to a certain extent - is decided by the decisions you make.
This is the cause of my tyre blowout. I'm probably being a bit paranoid, but it almost looks as if it was designed to cause tyres to blow out. One end has a sharp point and the way it is bent is perfect for sitting around the brake assembly waiting to cause a problem.
The cause of my blowout
It had been sitting around the brake assembly before I had a problem. As I went round a left bend the weight of the car transferred to the right and that's when the tyre went. Did this piece of metal really find its way there by itself or was it put there? I don't know.
A little while ago I wrote about refusing to give money to two young girls who were asking for money as people passed by. When I returned to my car I found some new damage to the bodywork. A farang friend of mine glared at a kid on a motorbike who cut him up and later found plant pots smashed outside his home.
Thais are very easily slighted and many are extremely vindictive. There are times when you can upset a Thai and not even be aware of it. Did I use a parking space that someone else had his eye on? Did I do something else and not realise that I had upset someone?
If the cause of the puncture had been a nail or screw picked up from the road I wouldn't be suspicious, but when I pulled this item out from underneath my car it just made a me a little suspicious. I have to assume that it was just lying on the road and I was unlucky, but having heard so many stories about vindictive behaviour in Thailand it makes me wonder.
Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Life has been a little challenging recently and I simply haven't had time to write anything here. Nothing that has happened has been any big deal but, as tends to happen in life, everything always arrives at once at a time when you could do without problems. I count myself extremely fortunate that I have the time to deal with life's challenges and also fortunate that I have the funds to do so. Many other people are a lot worse off than me.
Also, we all need to retain a sense of perspective when dealing with life's problems and challenges. This morning my wife told me about the young British girl who went missing in Thailand recently after calling her mother to say that she was in danger. This is a parent's worst nightmare, knowing that your child is alone and frightened thousands of miles from home and that you are powerless to do anything. Even worse now, no one knows where the girl is and whether she is OK or not. As I write, my wife and two kids are safe and sound downstairs and therefore any other issues I may have are insignificant.
My challenges started a few weeks ago when my daughter started to revise for the final paper of her six year medical degree. Well, actually, she's not five yet and she is just about to take her end of term exams for the second year of Kindergarten, but the stress levels are about the same. It's crazy. The Thai education system is completely broken and the problems start at Kindergarten level.
In the true Thai tradition of rote learning she has to memorise Thai and English vocabulary and also do some basic arithmetic. The emphasis is on her memorisation skills and her handwriting ability. A child who can write 'beautifully' is highly praised, yet real skills are ignored.
She can communicate in English and Thai, which is something that her classmates and teachers cannot do. This is a very real skill, but it does not feature in the Thai value system. Later on at school she will be expected to remember the technical details of English grammar and if she can regurgitate this information in an exam she will score high marks. Whether she can actually use the correct grammar tense will not be considered important.
I have met many Thai students who are considered to be advanced students of English because of their exam results, but they can't communicate in English. This, and the obsession with image over substance ('beautiful' handwriting, for example), is why Thailand lags a long way behind most other countries regarding use of the English language.
In other countries, children of her age wouldn't even have started school yet. The importance placed on tests means that she is under a lot of pressure (when she should be enjoying her childhood) and it causes parents to get very stressed out.
Last week at around 9pm after my daughter had eaten and gotten ready for bed, my wife made her start reading and writing when all the poor kid wanted to do was sleep. My daughter's refusal to do it resulted in a very ugly scene with my wife screaming at her and getting highly agitated.
It is best for me to remain neutral in these situations, but I was forced to intervene before the beatings started. I was immediately banished to the doghouse for intervening and as my wife retired to the guest room I was given instructions to do the school run the following day. As I said above, this started a few weeks ago and it won't finish until the last exam.
If she really was doing her final medical exams I could accept it, but the fact that she is only four years old and I am having to deal with this amount of stress in the household is beyond a joke.
The other effect this system of 'education' has on children is to turn them against any form of formal education. As Thai children grow older, the subject matter changes but the system of 'teaching' remains the same, to the detriment of the students.
On top of all this, both kids are unwell and after buying medicine and taking care of them at home we took both to see a doctor today. Also unwell is my old car. Last week I suffered a tyre blow out and the tyres on the car are now unavailable. The only safe option was to buy a complete set of new tyres for Bt19,000. The car is also suffering from some mechanical problems.
Ford has a policy of replacing complete assemblies instead of just the bits that are broken. I was quoted almost Bt50,000 for a new propeller shaft assembly in order to replace a broken rubber boot over a CV joint that is worth about five bucks. I spent quite a lot of time on-line looking for just the parts I need and ordered some from the States.
The parts are quite cheap, but shipping charges and import duties push the price up. Nonetheless, it is still a lot cheaper than Bt50,000. American and European cars are expensive to get repaired in Thailand. Japanese vehicles assembled in Thailand are the cheapest to maintain.
My car is still in the repair shop, but I managed to get a 15% discount and a loan car by talking directly with the manager. I've talked before about the way in which society and organisations in Thailand are structured in a hierarchical fashion. The people lower down cannot make decisions without approval from above and thus can't really help you. However, if you talk to the people at the top you can get a lot done.
Before all this began I had started to remodel the garden. I did the preparation myself and bought some tiles, which I wanted laid by someone who is good at laying tiles because I'm not. I asked a neighbour if he could recommend anyone and he pointed me at a guy who was working in a house nearby.
We chatted to the guy and he agreed to do it after he had finished his current job "in two or three days' time". After three days he didn't arrive and so I went to speak to him again. He told me he would come in another two days. That should have been last Saturday. He still hasn't arrived and I know that I won't see him again.
I have had this problem with many Thai tradesman. They may not be interested in a job, but Thais don't like telling people things they don't want to hear. Thais will always tell you what you want to hear, even if they have absolutely no intention of doing what they say.
At first I found this extremely annoying, but having experienced it so many times I now find it only mildly irritating. Also, I'm getting a lot better at working out when someone is telling me the truth and when someone is just telling me whatever it is that I want to hear.
When I first spoke to this particular tradesman he told me he would go to take a look, but didn't ask - and had no real interest - where I lived. How could he go to look if he didn't know where to go? This gave me a gut feeling that he wasn't going to show up and I was right.
This is a strange Thai cultural trait. When I was teaching some years ago and wanted to know whether my contract would be renewed or not they knew that it wouldn't, but they didn't want to tell me. If they had told me I could have started looking for another job. However, not telling me just wasted time when I could have been looking for work elsewhere.
If someone has some bad news for someone else the best thing to do is just to tell them. Not telling them things they don't want to hear doesn't help anyone. If the tradesman had told me he wasn't interested I could have asked someone else. Instead, I've been waiting around wasting my time when he never had any intention of doing the job in the first place.
Apart from that, it's the same old stuff in Thailand. Minivan drivers continue driving like maniacs and killing their passengers and tourists continue to go missing.
Myanmar worker killed, 15 hurt in van crash
Interpol alerted about missing British woman
Grace Taylor missing: Family of UK woman in Thailand appeal for help
Even the Thai authorities were getting concerned recently about the number of tourist deaths in Thailand. There is always concern in Thailand about anything that could possibly damage the country's image and thus have a detrimental effect on the highly lucrative tourist industry.
Thailand sees a worrying increase in tourist deaths
Statistically, Thailand is one of the most dangerous countries that British nationals visit.
According to this UK government document, in 2014/15 there were 721 deaths of British nationals in Spain, followed by 348 deaths in Thailand. However, the total number of visits to Spain by British nationals was 12,246,000 (one death for approximately every 17,000 visits), while the total number of visits to Thailand by British nationals was only 392,000 (one death for approximately every 1,126 visits). Proportionally, therefore, the death rate of British nationals visiting Thailand during 2014/15 was about fifteen times higher than those visiting Spain.
Without working out the figures for every country on the list, Thailand appears to have the highest death rate relative to the number of visits per year of any country that British nationals visit. I have previously read reports that British nationals in Thailand require more consular assistance than British nationals in any other country.
British more likely to need consular assistance in Thailand than anywhere else in the world
Hansel and Gretel
This is one of the fairy tales I read to my children at bedtime. A lot of tourist information and websites I read about Thailand, the sole purpose of which is to entice foreigners to visit Thailand or to sell something, read like fairy tales.
The image of Thailand and the famous 'Land of Smiles' slogan make Thailand out to be a tropical paradise that looks as perfect to naive foreigners as a house made of candy looks to a naive child. However, dangers lurk within. In Hansel and Gretel's case, a 500 year-old witch wants to roast the children and eat them with potatoes. In Thailand, the dangers are different but nonetheless they are very real.
No one understands the dangers in Thailand better than the Thais, who live on a daily diet of horrendous news stories about sinister events that take place in Thailand constantly. Most foreigners don't see this news and Thais don't say anything bad about their own country to foreigners because it is seen as being unpatriotic. However, if you do talk to Thais, especially Thai females, they can hardly believe how young foreign girls behave in Thailand and even the fact that they travel around Thailand alone, which is something a Thai girl would never dream of.
In the case of Hansel and Gretel, you can enjoy eating the sugar icing on the house provided that you avoid the wicked witch. But first, you need to know about the existence of the witch and this is where I believe a lot of foreigners visiting Thailand come unstuck. You can enjoy Thailand immensely, but you need to be aware of the dangers. Most tourists simply aren't aware of the dangers. They don't do their research and they get taken in by all the 'Tropical Paradise' and 'Land of Smiles' nonsense. This, plus the easy-going nature of many Thais, lulls them into a false sense of security and some end up in a lot of trouble.
In my normal life in Thailand I don't consider Thailand to be a particularly dangerous place, but after living in Thailand for many years I am highly aware of places, people and situations that are potentially very dangerous. My wife, being Thai, is aware too, and between us we keep out of trouble as best we can by avoiding certain places, people and situations. Of course, this isn't always possible. Roads are extremely dangerous in Thailand (the second most dangerous roads in the world) but, unfortunately, not driving anywhere is not an option. Even so, by understanding how many Thais drive it is possible to anticipate and avoid some serious accidents. The key thing is knowledge.
As a tourist, if you do the same thing you can have a great time in Thailand. If you don't, your venture to the Land of Smiles can go very wrong.
About two weeks ago I tried to sit down and write about the Thai cultural concept of sanook to follow the article I wrote about sabaay-sabaay. This was around the same time that the issues above started to appear and I just gave up. Hopefully, I will be able to do it soon and I also have plans to write about other aspects of Thai cultural behaviour.
Thursday 11th February 2016
Why is the healthcare system so good in Thailand? Why is tourist hospitality so good? Why does your Thai girlfriend expect you to sleep at the hospital when she is the person admitted? Why do Thai students underachieve so much?
For the last 12+ years I have been observing Thai cultural behaviour and trying to find answers to questions that, initially, left me completely baffled. Thais would think and act in ways that I just couldn't understand. Over the years I've managed to find some explanations and these are all related to various aspects of cultural behaviour.
At times it has been a hard slog. Thais won't, or can't, explain their actions, and many resources purporting to describe Thai culture aren't very good. Books are written to be sold and websites are written to sell something. Negative imagery doesn't tend to sell very well and thus many of these resources end up being fairy tale accounts of Thai culture that sound as if they have been written by the Tourist Authority.
I thought it might be useful for those interested in Thailand to write about some Thai cultural traits and it would also give me an oppotunity to update my website. Beyond the pages of this blog lies quite a big section about Thailand, but most of it was written a long time ago and a major update is well overdue.
Please remember that this is all subjective opinion based on observation after living in Thailand for 12+ years. I'm not an Anthropology PhD, but neither am I a complete numpty regarding matters related to Thailand. I'm somewhere in the middle. I would guess that I have probably made more of an effort trying to understand Thai cultural behaviour and language than most expats living in Thailand.
Sleeping in Gim Yong market, Hat Yai, Thailand
The first article is about the Thai cultural concept of 'sabaay'. There are plenty of others: greng jai, mai bpen rai, sanook, kaorop, hierarchy, etc, and - provided I have the time - I will write about more of these later. It will give you a break from me going on about the horrendous driving standards in Thailand.
Here's my first draft about the cultural concept of 'sabaay'. I will, no doubt, amend it when I find errors and/or want to make additions (read more ...).
Sunday 7th February 2016
I left the UK to start a new life in Southeast Asia in September 2003 and for the first few months spent quite a lot of time in Singapore. After getting settled in Thailand in November 2003 I was back in Singapore for Christmas and New Year. Decorations for Chinese New Year were already in place in Lee Kuan Yew Land and it was the year of the monkey. My memories of taking the following photo are quite clear. I can't remember what I did yesterday, but I can remember certain things from years ago.
Chinese New Year 2004, Singapore
The Chinese animal zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle and already it is the year of the monkey again. It's frightening how quickly the years pass once you get past a certain age. The moral? Don't keep putting things off until later because there may not be an opportunity later. Some of my old working colleagues had plans in mind for later, but they died before 'later' arrived.
It's irresponsible and reckless to live life as if there won't be a tomorrow, because there probably will, but there is a balance. Major changes to our lives are scary and take courage. The inertia that prevents people from changing their lives is extremely powerful and the easiest option is always not to change anything, regardless of how unsatisfactory life may be. Probably the most difficult period of my life was after I quite my job and then had major doubts whether I actually had the courage to go through with my plans. At that point it was impossible to go back to my old life and I didn't know if I could go forward with my new life.
Looking back now, I did exactly the right thing. There was a huge conflict between my head and my heart, but in such a situation always listen to your heart and gut feelings.
I have been at home all weekend, apart from a trip to HomePro to buy plumbing supplies. My house is only three years old, but it seems that I am constantly doing plumbing repairs. Two flexible water pipes have burst in the last three days and if the house had been empty there could have been a lot of flood damage. Other pipes have burst before and I have had several leaks caused by poor workmanship. I've been doing the repairs myself to ensure they get done properly and using parts made abroad that have 10 year guarantees. The Thai made stuff is cheap, but the quality isn't great.
It was a deliberate decision to stay at home. I hate crowds, traffic jams and firecrackers with a passion, and this is the worst time of year for crowds, traffic jams and firecrackers. I'm not Chinese, either. My wife isn't Chinese, but this doesn't stop her getting involved with the superstitious stuff. She's Thai and Thais can't resist any superstitious beliefs, regardless of where they come from.
My wife's CNY offerings to our Jao Tee in 2014
Every year at CNY she cooks ducks and chickens and puts them on a table in front of the house along with other food. Once all the food is prepared, she pays respects to the spirit who takes care of our house (our jao tee). We also have a small shelf inside the house, called a hing pra for the same purpose. On my wife's insistence, the hing pra was the first item that went into the house after we took ownership, before any furniture or other items.
The 'Hing Pra' in our house
A lady arrives at the house with fresh cut flowers on every Buddhist observance day (wun pra). My wife removes the old flowers from vases on the hing pra, puts in the new ones, lights candles and goes through a little ceremony to pay respects to the jao tee. Each individual house has a jao tee and there is a more senior jao tee whose job it is to look after the entire housing development.
At the front of our housing development is a large spirit house (saan-pra-poom) on which offerings are placed for the jao tee who looks after the whole neighbourhood. If you don't look after your jao tee he won't look after you. I take it very seriously and get anxious if the flowers arrive and my wife then fails to wai the jao tee.
Most visitors to Thailand know that the predominant religion in the country is Buddhism and when they see this kind of ritual it is natural that they will think it has something to do with Buddhism. It has nothing to do with Buddhism, but everything to do with Animism.
I tend to focus on Thai belief systems, but at this time of year the Chinese belief system is very much in evidence. A lot of the Chinese belief system rituals go on behind closed doors, such as house cleaning, dining, and putting up decorations, etc. Out of doors there are firecrackers, fireworks, red paper lanterns, and lots of ancestor worship on display.
Red lanterns at Chinese New Year
Fires can be seen on sidewalks everywhere and these act as celestial mail boxes between the physical and spiritual world. Objects made of paper and then set alight find their way to the person's deceased ancestors where they turn into the real thing. Where I live there are lots of shops selling items made out of paper for the purpose of ancestor worship. What kind of things?
You can buy paper houses with security guards, even though security guards shouldn't really be necessary in the afterlife. There are paper cars - top of the range Mercedes Benz models, of course - clothes, shoes, mobile phones, tablet computers, etc etc. Here is a special iPed 5 model for the afterlife.
The Apple iPed 5
Unfortunately, sending items to deceased ancestors can be just as problematic as buying Christmas presents for living relatives. Do they have one already? Will they like it? Should I buy an iPed 5 with 4G or just Wi-Fi? Do they need 128GB or will 32GB suffice? Fortunately, the same solution exists - just send money and then they can buy whatever they want. For this purpose, money issued by the Hell Bank Corporation can be sent in exactly the same manner.
Bank note from the Hell Bank Corporation
It sounds like a perfectly appropriate place to send bankers, but the name of this bank may sound unusual. Apparently, when missionaries first went to China to convert the locals they told them they would go to hell if they didn't convert. The people being preached at simply thought that hell was where people went after they died and there weren't any negative connotations.
Visit Thailand
Thailand is an incredibly photogenic country, both for its landscapes and its people. Regardless of whether you enjoy large Asian cities, beaches and islands, or rice fields and mountains, Thailand has something for you and it is a dream destination for photographers.
One of the great things about visiting Thailand is that hotels are plentiful and a lot cheaper than in most other countries. Each link on the right will take you to the relevant page on the Agoda website where you can see photos, read reviews, and book on-line. I use Agoda to book all of my own hotels in Thailand and the Southeast Asia region. Agoda hotel rates are usually always the lowest and I have received good customer service, therefore I am happy to recommend the company to other people. Here is some analysis I did regarding booking hotels in Southeast Asia.
Booking.com used to be more expensive than Agoda, but when I have checked hotel prices recently I have found their rates to be quite competitive. Unlike Agoda, you don't need to pay at the time of booking with Booking.com - you can simply pay at the hotel when you check in. Also, Booking.com show you total prices whereas Agoda show you a price and then add on 17% for tax and service charge.
If you want to compare prices between different on-line travel agents (OTAs) for a specific hotel, you can use a company such as HotelsCombined.
Images of Thailand
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While SportsNet NY made it official yesterday that Gary Cohen is the new TV voice of the Mets, sources have told The Post that Fran Healy will not be part of Met broadcasts any longer and will remain at MSG Network.
Healy, who had been a Met broadcaster for 22 years, will contribute to SportsDesk and other baseball related programming. He will also continue his Halls of Fame show. Reached yesterday, Healy declined comment.
SNY is still trying to figure out who will be Cohen's analysts. Keith Hernandez, David Cone and Al Leiter are among the possibilities.
As for Cohen's replacement on radio, WFAN's preliminary lists include Ted Robinson and ESPN's Jon Sciambi.
Robinson was eliminated from working for SNY because they want their play-by-player to work every game and Robinson has commitments to call grand slam tennis. Sciambi was the runner-up when Howie Rose replaced the late Bob Murphy.
As for Cohen, 47, he just thought this was the right time for him to make the move from radio to TV.

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8 Things People Love About EK's Agila: The EKsperience
From the time you scan your Agila card to enter its grounds until the time you go back to the main area of the park, Agila: The EKsperience is one attraction that will keep you in a state of EKscitement and wonder. We've asked some park goers who experienced the magic what they liked about Agila and we condensed and compiled them into this list, in no particular order. *Minor Spoiler Alert*
- Majestic Building
You have to crane your neck all the way up to try to figure out what exactly Agila is. And even then, you would have a hard time to see the big picture. No, the building does not look like a Philippine Eagle. From afar (it can be seen from the South Luzon Expressway), it looks like an ordinary sports stadium. But standing right next to it, one can see that it is a one of a kind glass building that you can't help but take a picture of, and take a picture with. With yellow pillars all around it, it kind of looks like an oversized toy top.
It turns out, the structure itself, if seen from an Agila's eye view (top view), is built to resemble the sun in the Philippine flag, with its 8 rays even! Capturing it fully in all its majestic grandeur is one extra challenge.
- Talking to Eldar
We usually see Eldar the magical wizard roaming around the streets of the park, occasionally greeting numerous park goers. Other times, you can visit him in his workshop at a set time. We can also hear his voice all over the park from time to time, greeting park goers and making announcements. So what makes this extra special and why is talking to Eldar one of the things people liked about Agila? Lend me your ear, because if we tell you, we'd have to… just kidding. You'd just have to find out about this when you visit Agila. But one word, Awe-Mazing!
In line with its commitment to promoting Philippine pride, EK opens the doors to Agila's crib, PUGAD. Just like how Agila:The EKsperience brings the country's top tourist spots together, Pugad aims to gather all the home-grown products from all over the Philippines to one location.
Pugad is actually the merchandise-selling section/souvenir shop of Agila:The EKsperience. But aside from the shirts and other common souvenir items, locally made products are also featured here.
- Large Screen
In regular cinemas, the viewers need to buy their tickets in advance to have the best seat in the house. If you choose wrongly, or in most cases, left with no choice, you would have to endure the whole movie experience craning your neck or squinting your eyes.
Agila:the EKsperience lets you enjoy the short film wherever you may be seated, thanks to its 544-sq meter screen, said to be the largest in Southeast Asia.
- Edutainment = Education + Entertainment
Watching a 6-minute film of Philippine tourist spots may sound tedious, and may feel more like a school assignment than a theme park attraction. Good thing Enchanted Kingdom turned your boring geography quiz into a flight of a lifetime. Students coming out of the flying theater look like they have just gone from a field trip to another world, leaving them utterly speechless! And aside from the life-like experience, a sense of pride in the beauty of their country is unknowingly planted in their hearts.
- Life-like Flying Sensation
Similar to the sensations experienced in the Rialto Theater wherein the audience also experience the same rolling feeling in their seats when characters onscreen get tossed around, Agila:the EKsperience goes above and beyond by letting the guest experience a flight of a lifetime.
Whatever you imagined flying above the sea, land and gliding in the air, complete with mist from the clouds, splash of the sea water, and the fragrance of the flowers. That's precisely the feeling you get when you take flight with the Agila, probably.
- The Mural
The floor to ceiling mural showing a glimpse of the beauty of the Philippines is painted vividly, making it look like a glass aquarium, or a glass window looking out to the Chocolate Hills of Bohol. The mural often serves as a photo wall for passengers waiting in line. This, combined with the LED screen that shows the history of AGILA: The EKsperience makes the wait seem faster and lessens the boredom of the people going into the flying theater.
- Mag-Anak (a Driftwood Sculpture of the Eagle Family)
Another eye-catching attraction within the attraction is the Mag-Anak, a sculpture of an eagle family with the mother and father eagle taking care of their baby eagle. It is a glimpse of the eagle's life in the wild, brought to life by master craftsman James Doran Webb from scattered driftwood he collected or purchased from wood gatherers.
Because of the overwhelming presence of the mural, the sculpture would probably catch your eye a little later. But once it does, you'd wish that you could also fly so you can see it up close. Mounted 6 meters above the ground, Mag-Anak perfectly captures the majestic presence of the Philippine eagle. It is like a family guardian looking over all the park goers waiting to ride the Agila.
20 of the Best Tourist Spots of the Philippines
Of course, this is what everyone loves about the Agila. That's why it gets the special mention. Compressed in a 6-minute film that will leave you clamoring for more, 20 of the many tourist spots in the Philippines are shown in a different way. Have you ever been up close and personal with Mayon Volcano?
It is far from the postcard perfect photos or even videos we see on the internet, because well, flying above and through each tourist spot is really a one of a kind adventure. And something that no words can describe accurately, so you just have to EKsperience it yourself.
Visit Agila: The EKsperience today at Enchanted Kingdom or log on to www.enchantedkingdom.ph.


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As with many natural history photographers, nature has always been an important part of my life. This is partially due to growing up in Weymouth, Dorset where I was lucky enough to be surrounded by fantastic Jurassic coastlines as well as being in easy reach of RSPB and Wildlife Trust Nature reserves. However on the last day of primary school I moved to a town that couldn't be further from the seaside home I had always known – the most boring town in the world – Haywards Heath.
But my love for nature never left me and in my desperation for entertainment I began finding it in the most unusual places. During secondary school I knew that foxes and jays roamed the local graveyard, that sparrowhawks hunted over the town and that every summer my walk home through the council estate would be accompanied by the screams of soaring swifts. So why didn't other people notice these things too? This was when I decided to save up for a camera and show them what I could see.
Since I made that decision my focus has been to become a natural history communicator through mostly visual but also written means. I spent three years studying Marine & Natural History photography at Falmouth University developing my photography in both practise and theory. I graduated in 2015 with a first class degree before jetting off to Borneo for a 10 day Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition. With no immediate urge to leave the coast again Falmouth is my current home where I continue to create natural history imagery and develop my ideas.
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 – Shortlisted
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You know, I can recall the first time someone ever called me a cripple. It was back in junior year of high school when I first started to use my crutches, and my limp became more prominent. We were all joking, and I really didn't know what was going on with my joints and so […]Read More Cripple
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Under the Administrative Procedure Act (the "APA"), a court reviewing the actions of an administrative agency "shall hold unlawful and set aside agency actions, findings, and conclusions found to be . . . unsupported by substantial evidence . . . [when] reviewed on the record of an agency hearing provided by statute."1 As the Patent Office's adjudicative body, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and its predecessor, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (collectively, the "Board"), must set forth its reasoning in support of each written decision in sufficient detail to permit meaningful appellate review.2
In several recent appeals from post-grant proceedings, the Federal Circuit has addressed the issue of whether the Board has provided adequate factual findings and reasoning to support its conclusions concerning patentability. This issue has arisen both in the context of the Board's decisions in inter partes review ("IPR") and ex parte reexamination.
In each of the cases discussed below, the Federal Circuit reached the same result—it vacated and remanded the Board's decision with instructions to articulate its reasoning and any factual findings necessary to support its conclusions. Although the Board has not provided the parties instructions in many of these cases, each provides an example of when the APA has successfully been raised as a source of appeal. In one case, the Board allowed the petitioner to file a brief limited to the single issue identified by the Federal Circuit as deficient under the APA, and the patent owner was allowed to file an opposition on the same issue.3
I. Cutsforth, Inc. v. MotivePower, Inc.
On January 22, 2016, the Federal Circuit vacated the Board's final written decision from an IPR holding that all twenty-four claims of Cutsforth's patent were invalid for obviousness, and remanded "for proceedings appropriate to the administrative process."4 Although the Board construed two key terms before finding all claims obvious in light of the claim construction, the Federal Circuit determined based on pre-AIA case law that the Board failed to adequately describe its reasons for finding the claims invalid.5 Specifically, the Federal Circuited relied on In re Sang-Su Lee, which held that the Board could not satisfy its obligation under the APA to set forth specific findings necessary to affirm an examiner's obviousness rejection by merely relying on conclusory statements made by the examiner.6 In its decision, the Board states "the conclusion of obviousness may be made from common knowledge and common sense of a person or ordinary skill in the art without any specific hint or suggestion in a particular reference."7 Because the decision failed to explain the "common knowledge and common sense" on which the Board relied, the Federal Circuit was left unable to evaluate how it reached its conclusion.8 On remand, the Board was instructed to articulate and place on the record any reasoning relied on to negate patentability, and as the Federal Circuit clarified, its initial failure to do so was "not consistent with either effective administrative procedure or effective judicial review."9
In Cutsforth, the Federal Circuit points out that the Board merely recites MotivePower's belief that one reference discloses several claim limitations and that it would have been obvious to adapt elements of a second reference to produce the remaining limitations. By doing so, the Board "stated no independent reasons for why [each claim] is obvious nor did it formally adopt MotivePower's arguments as its own reasoning."10 The final point raises the question of whether it would have been sufficient for the Board to have merely included a statement in its decision indicating that it agrees with the petitioner's arguments as the factual basis for its finding of obviousness. However, pre-AIA Supreme Court precedent Dickinson v. Zurko indicates that such a statement may still be insufficient—as the Federal Circuit reviews the Board's decisions, the "APA requires meaningful review," "not simply rubber-stamping agency factfinding."11 As illustrated here, if the Federal Circuit is unable to determine how the Board reached a material factual conclusion or why it adopted a party's reasoning necessary to reach that conclusion, it must vacate the final written decision as defective under APA standards. In this situation, the Federal Circuit may not accept any post-decision rationalization of the Board's action because it may only review the Board's findings for substantial evidence based on the existing record.12
II. Ariosa Diagnostics v. Verinata Health, Inc.
On November 16, 2015, the Federal Circuit vacated another final written decision from an IPR proceeding.13 In its final written decision, the Board held that petitioner Ariosa had not met its burden of proving the challenged claims obvious, after deciding it would give "no weight" to part of an expert declaration reliant on a commercially available brochure submitted as evidence of the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art.14 Ariosa's appeal focuses on the Board's treatment of this brochure.
Here, the Board failed to provide sufficient reasoning for the Federal Circuit to determine whether it erred in its treatment of evidence in support of obviousness. The Federal Circuit explains that the Board erred if it declined to consider the declaration, even as evidence of background understanding of one of ordinary skill as of the filing date, simply because the brochure had not been identified at the petition stage as a piece of prior art defining an obvious combination.15 However, the Board did not err if, by giving the expert's testimony "no weight," it meant the development of argument invoking the declaration was inadequate.16 In any event, the Board's lack of explanation and ambiguous language leaves open the distinct possibility that it incorrectly limited its consideration of the declaration. On this record, the Federal Circuit is unable to "confidently discern whether the Board . . . was actually relying on a legally proper ground rather than the erroneous ground" discussed.17
Notably, the Federal Circuit makes clear that it does "not direct the Board to take new evidence or, even, to accept new briefing" and that it leaves the conduct of remand proceedings to the Board's discretion, explaining that the Board's control over its own proceedings is supported by governing statutes and regulations underlying post-grant proceedings such as IPR.18 Although the Federal Circuit did not give explicit instructions on remand, the Board allowed the petitioner nine days to file a brief limited to the single issue identified by the Federal Circuit as deficient under the APA—specifically, how the Board may have overlooked the Petitioner's reliance on the brochure in the record.19 The Board allowed the patent owner fourteen days to file an opposition on the same issue.20 While the petitioner was not initially allowed to file a reply to the opposition, the Board later authorized a reply.21
III. Conclusions
For patentees and challengers alike, it remains to be seen whether the Board will rewrite each decision with much greater detail or simply with explicit statements adopting a party's reasoning. Nonetheless, with the larger volume of post-grant final written decisions being appealed, we do know that the Federal Circuit will be reviewing the Board on a more frequent basis. In light of the various contexts in which this issue has resulted in a decision to vacate and remand, the cases discussed, though non-precedential, may inspire more appeals raising the issue of whether the Board has provided sufficient factual findings, reasoning, and explanation of its conclusions to allow for meaningful appellate review.


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Dont underestimate tantrums. That will also affect the club dressing room. If Neymar says i dont want to be here anymore, you guys are s--t? I want to take all pens, corners, goalkicks, you guys just stay in dressing room.
Dont underestimate tantrums. That will also affect the club dressing room. If Neymar says i dont want to be here anymore, you guys are s--t? I want to take all pens, corners, goalkicks, you guys just stay in dressing room.
Real and Juve are two completely different cases.
Real lure of being the most successful team in european competitions is a lure on its own, and history has showed Real are one of the few teams who can go and spend big. Ronaldo and co arent getting younger. There is already talk about replacing Benzema with either Kane or Mbappe or Icardi. And you know how Real management is. Bale is constantly injured so that might force them to go buy Neymar as well for a wide position.
PSG keep sh-tting the bed in CL.
Yeah i can totally see Mbappe moving on to a bigger club like Real which offers CL winning potential.
PSG are the pretenders in CL. The real pretenders tbh. Spend spend spend, havent even reached semis in CL.
Barca and Real are not that different, and Barca couldn't even get Verratti despite attempting to tap him up in so many dishonest ways
Dude PSG made Verratti fire his agent because he would try to get him out
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Neither Neymar nor M'Bappe are leaving PSG anytime soon. Verratti as well. The way they handled the Verratti situation clearly says a lot.
He has done very poorly two summers in a row. Last season Max masked his failures and this season he will find a way to do it again.
But Marotta has weakened both our defense and midfield.
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Beppe & Co. need to add a dynamic box 2 box mid. Management screwed up by not closing that deal for Tolisso when it was still possible; he'd be a great fit in this current group.
Midfield should be the highest priority, for sure.
And although I like Matuidi, we should really stop spending money on 30 year old players who are only short term solutions. We need to spend more money on young players like Bentancur; players who will spend their prime here. Also, Max needs to stop being so stubborn and conservative with integrating younger players into the team.
Barella and Torreira will do nicely.
I agree that we should be going after a couple of midfielders, but we're going to have to clear some players out first. I expect Asabob, Sturaro, Lichtsteiner and Howedes to be on their way out. Probably Gigi, too, although I guess that's still TBD. We'll see who else, but I still think Alex Sandro and Dybala will be sticking around.
Torreira has really impressed me when I've had the opportunity to watch him. I could see that motor being very useful in our midfield, and based upon a year or so of what has seemed like interest from Juve, I could see management targeting him. Think that would be quite a good move.
Don't think we'll bring in a player like Barella at this point, not quite far enough along in his developmental curve, and those minutes should be Bentancur's at this point. Gotta have consistency in midfield if the club wants to challenge in Europe.
I also think that Beppinho is going to keep pushing hard for Emre Can, because that's a market opportunity that he just can't say no to.
Could maybe see something like Spinazzola, Caldara, Can, Torreira, and a RB. Kind of doubt we'll be going for much up top, but hard to say at this point.
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Management was obviously banking on getting more out of Khedira and Marchisio. Anyway, clearly the 4-2-3-1 is problematic right now.
What types of experimentation would you like to see with the formation this season?
I'd like to see Max try a 4-3-3 in one of our league matches, with Dybala having more of a free role on the right. Similar to how Barca deploy their Argentinian at times. Allow him to cut underneath, to roam a little. Would be flexible.
Try dropping Bernardeschi into that RCM spot for a match or two, see if he can help in transition/break the press, make some forward runs, and still offer some defensive coverage. Has played some wingback, I don't think it's a crazy idea to slot him into the middle. De Sciglio would stay home as usual, and maybe shade Pjanic ever so slightly to provide a little more coverage, if necessary.
Been thinking about this the past few weeks because of how imbalanced we are at times. Certainly gets more of our talent on the field. Looks like you're thinking along the same lines (of Berna in midfield), based upon a post of yours I just saw in the other thread.


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"When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning." ― Marty Rubin
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with flying colors
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Happy Easter Eve everyone! Hope you had a very blessed Good Friday. While everyone is about to face their holiday weekend in this glorious weather of NYC you cant be anything but cute, simple and chic in your ensembles. So maybe I was bias when it came to picking the "Look of The Day/Week" because of the great weather that we're having and most importantly because I'm leaving for my vacation in a few hours. If you've been following this blog for a while or even though you're a new comer my picks for Look of the Day is always very simple and unique. Theybf.com posted a picture of Ciara walking around LA with a really cute outfit which I love. Plaid button down with white tank, distressed boyfriend jeans paired with cute pair of hightop sandals and black studded pocket book adding edge to a casual ensemble. I really love those sandals! What do you think?
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Upcoming Events and Noteworthy News
Walk to Banff Purple Shirts available!
Order yours now, limited quantities. $10.00
2018 Walk to Banff Calendars are now in at $10.00.
Available now at the Foundation Offices and Thrift Shoppe 2978 272nd St. in Aldergrove. or at the Support Group Meetings.
Our Foundation Offices and Thrift Shoppe have been moved from the City of Langley and now resides in Aldergrove at 2978 272nd St.
"Just One More Step"!
The team of walkers set off on their epic journey May 24, and they will arrive in Banff June 28, then Canmore on June 29! DONATE NOW to help us create more awareness for invisible illness! www.gofundme.com/just1morestep2016 or bring your donation in to the office at 2978 272nd St. Aldergrove. Call the office for more details: 778-278-3697.
June 12, 2017: Road Trip back to Banff/Canmore
THANK YOU once again to everyone who contributed to making our walk possible!
The Foundation Office & Drop-In Centre is located at 2978 272nd St. in Aldergrove.
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Zero Culture Begins at the Top: Part 3
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Zero Culture Begins at the Top: Part 3
"Bottom-Line Benefits of Zero Culture"
By Brent Heurter
Part 3 of a 3-part series
In Part 1 of this series, we introduced the concept of Zero Culture: a revolutionary mindset in which the top executive takes control of workers' compensation and instills a total cost-control culture within the organization. In Part 2, we explored each of the seven building blocks of Zero Culture. In this final segment, we'll show you how Zero Culture directly translates into bottom-line savings.
The Proof Is in the Savings
How do I know Zero Culture works? I know because I've refined and defined this approach over the last 16 years. I've seen hundreds of thousands of dollars formerly spent on workers' compensation premiums flow to the bottom line of companies that made Zero Culture their goal. Here's the proof.
1. Zero Injuries. This one is a no-brainer. If you have Zero Injuries, you will achieve Zero Mod (#7). Need more motivation? Consider these statistics from Liberty Mutual's annual Workplace Safety Index. The cost of workplace injuries is growing faster than the rate of inflation, and now stands at nearly $1 billiona week! The top three injury causes represent 50.1% of the costs of serious injuries in the workplace. Imagine if you could eliminate just those three injuries from your workplace. Here is the top 10 list for 2001 (the most recent year statistics available) with annual costs to employers, as identified by Liberty Mutual:
1. Overexertion: $12.5 billion
2. Falls on same level: $5.7 billion
3. Bodily reaction: $4.7 billion
4. Falls to lower level: $4.1 billion
5. Struck by object: $3.9 billion
6. Repetitive motion: $2.9 billion
7. Highway incident: $1.9 billion
8. Struck against object: $1.7 billion
9. Caught in or compressed by equipment: $2.3 billion
10. Assaults and violent acts: $0.4 billion
2. Zero Delays. Every day of delay adds approximately $500 to the cost of a workers' comp claim, and a recent insurer study reported that a delay of as few as five days can add 15% to the claim costs. In addition, early reporting ensures that the employee receives benefits in a timely manner, reducing the likelihood of litigation. Figure 1, compiled from National Council on Compensation Insurance data, shows that claims with a reporting delay of four weeks are nearly triple the cost of claims that are reported within one week.
A study by St. Paul Companies found that as a group, late-reported claims had increased costs of about 29%, and another insurer study found that late reporting added almost $3,000 per lost time claim. The conclusion is a no-brainer: the sooner an injury is reported, the sooner the care and planning can begin.
3. Zero Lost Time. In California, an average lost-time claim is more than $50,000. In contrast, a medical-only claim averages about $500. For a typical California employer with 100 claims per year, 24 of them will be lost time claims for a total of $720,000, and 76 will be medical only claims, for a cost of $38,000. The total cost for all these 100 claims will be $758,000. Employers who plan ahead and immediately provide transitional work assignments for all injured workers can reduce the proportion of injuries that end up as lost time claims and achieve substantial claim cost reductions. For example, if instead of 24% lost time claims there were only 5%, the combined cost for those 5 lost time claims would be $150,000, and the combined cost for the 95 medical-only claims would be $47,500, so the total cost for all 100 claims would be only $197,000 (compared to the $720,000 for a typical employer). By reducing the fraction of lost time claims to a level that occupational physicians see as realistic, a saving of $523,000 could be achieved. Just reducing lost time claims to 15% would yield a savings of more than $200,000.
4. Zero Errors. Sixty-four percent of audited workers' compensation premiums contain overcharges. That's a staggering statistic, but premium review experts who look for overcharges claim it to be true. Depending upon whom you speak with, the amount of the average overcharge can vary from a low of 8% to a high of 20%. For an employer paying $100,000 in annual workers' compensation premiums, that's $8,000 to $20,000.
5. Zero Fraud. Estimates on the impact of workers' compensation fraud by employees on individual employers are hard to come by. But even the most conservative estimates place the cost at more than $1 billion a year. If you are the victim of workers' comp fraud, national or state estimates of fraud costs are meaningless. Here's one outrageous example: According to an ABC News report televised in March 2004, former Pinellas County, Fla., bus driver Bruce Gilbert faked a brain injury that he claimed was the result of a workplace injury, he collected $774,000 in workers' compensation. Although he claimed to be unable to work because of a mental capacity of a five-year-old child, he was able to pursue his favorite hobbies of hunting and playing golf. When investigators caught up with him, he was driving a golf cart.
6. Zero Litigation. Reducing attorney involvement starts with benchmarking current litigation rates, setting target reductions, and building the communication and support programs that will help to attain these targets. When employees know, right from the start, that their claims will be handled fairly and promptly, they are less inclined to seek legal representation. And that means less costly claims. On average, claims without litigation cost less than half as much as those with attorneys involved.
7. Zero Mod. The bottom line reward for good management is obtaining Zero Mod: the lowest ex-mod you can possibly achieve. Along with that lower mod comes lower premiums.
An X-mod of 1.0 represents the industry average; anything over that is worse than industry average, and anything under 1.0 is better than industry average. The important consideration is working to achieve the lowest (best) possible X-mod for each industry class.
There's no rocket science involved in the seven building blocks of Zero Culture. In fact, you may be using one or more of them already. What's unique about our approach, and what I hope we've proved to you, is that these strategies save you money. By using them, you'll see a dramatic difference in your work culture and your workers' comp costs.
Brent Heurter is the Founder and Chief Solutions Officer of ClearComp, a workers' compensation alternative for companies that desire to control and reduce their workers' compensation costs. Brent can be reached at 888-CLEAR-89 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of workcompcentral.com, its editors or management.


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The surrounding mountains and countryside around Splash Finca Panoramica offer some of the best hill walking and hiking in Europe!
From your balcony you will glimpse upon the majestic Sierra de Bernia mountains (covering the municipalities of Altea, Benissa, Calpe, Callosa d'En Sarriá and Jalón) which rise to 1,130 metres (3,704 ft) at their highest and separate the Alicante regions of Marina Alta and Marina Baja along the Calpe, Benissa and Altea border.
This formidable natural barrier – which features the Font del Garroferet and an ancient fortress – is one of Spain's many mountain ranges and is crossed by tunnels that carry the N332 national road, the A7 motorway and the railway. It was one of the most technically difficult stretches of construction on Spain's Autopista del Mediterraneo.
The southern side of the Bernia range overlooks beautiful Altea Bay, making a gentle arc with the old hilltop town of Altea at its centre and curving around to its far end at Albir and the Sierra Helada. The attractive palm lined promenade of Altea is being extended along to Albir village and the Puerto Deportivo Luis Campomanes is current being enlarged to accommodate the strong demand for berths. Alternative harbours are the Calpe Club Nautico under the Peñon de Ifach, and Moraira Club Nautico The mountainous backdrop to all the resorts along the Costa Blanca are one of its most spectacular and beautiful features – just a short drive away!
The Sierra Bernia PRV-7 routes attracts hillwalking and hiking enthusiasts from across Spain and abroad, with a range of distances an difficulties to suit every climber.
We could not be better located for day walks or walking holidays. With 78 different mountain and valley walks around us there is something to suit everyone. We can provide guided walks or you can do self guided walks.
One Week Full Board staying at Splash Finca Panoramica with 5 days of guided walks is £675pp. For those wanting two weeks add a 2nd week self guided B&B basis for an extra £200pp.
One week self guided on a half board basis is £395pp
We take a maximum of 10 clients on our guided walking weeks and 14 on self guided weeks. For group bookings of 10 on guided and 12 plus on self guided there is a 10% discount.
For established walking groups we also rent out the whole Finca on a Self catering basis for your walking holiday for a week or two. Please enquire for a price. This option can make your walking holiday as little as £150 pp depending on fill rate and time of year.
Our walking weeks run Sat to Sat and Alicante airport is by far the best airport to arrive at.
2012/2013 Dates
The third week in every month Jan-June and Sept-Dec. Other weeks can be arranged on request.
If you would like any more information please contact us and we would be happy to help


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Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here, at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you're continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well!
I came across this one day while just searching around on Goodreads, and it caught my attention. From the cover to the blurb it had me. I can't wait to get my hands on it, these two girls journey sounds like an emotional one. The wait is kinda long, but I think it will be worth the wait.
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Expected Publication: January 2nd 2018
Published: Simon Pulse
Genre: Young, Contemporary
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Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist—and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she wants him. Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school and a career as a surgeon.
But one thing could wreck their carefully planned futures: a genetic test for Huntington's, a rare degenerative disease that slowly steals control of the body and mind. It's turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured the sisters' own bond in ways they'll never admit. While Tovah finds comfort in their Jewish religion, Adina rebels against its rules.
When the results come in, one twin tests negative for Huntington's. The other tests positive.
These opposite outcomes push them farther apart as they wrestle with guilt, betrayal, and the unexpected thrill of first love. How can they repair their relationship, and is it even worth saving?
From debut author Rachel Lynn Solomon comes a luminous, heartbreaking tale of life, death, and the fragile bond between sisters.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Happy Canada Day!!!!!
Here is a Canadian boy named Graydon in honour of the glorious motherland.
a)works in a creative field
b)is as beautiful and soft as a newborn baby chick
Using these clues try to guess which quality I possess that will prevent our love. Hint: it starts with a V and rhymes with "pagina"
9 comments:
- Coreyalison said...
wow. he is luscious!!! and love the name as well. and happy canada day!
- July 1, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Wow, deeeeVINE! Totally unfair....
- July 2, 2008 at 12:54 AM
- Adam said...
My favourite yet :) Very cute.
- July 2, 2008 at 3:37 PM
- angela said...
i was just on the phone with graydon as i came across this entry. weird.
- July 2, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- a/k said...
I KNEW IT! you have to be canadian to be a genius with a brillian blog. props
- July 5, 2008 at 5:21 PM
you have a vagina?
- July 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- cuteboysmakemenervous said...
Well...it has teeth...so I think it might have another name? But I didn't want to get into details for the sake of efficiency.
- July 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM
teehee nice comeback, blogger:)
he is, THE CUTEST!
if you ever run into him again, be like, yoooo i know a couple bitches in mah hood, hed like the ghettoness im sure:)
- July 13, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- 莫文蔚Karen said...
- February 12, 2010 at 4:02 AM